LJSSA Christmas Party 2009

La Jolla Shores
Surfing Association
Cordially invites you to attend

Annual Holiday Party & Toy Drive*

Sunday, December 13 @ 5:00 p.m.
VFW Hall in Pacific Beach
583 Turquoise St.

Holiday Buffet $15/person ($10/kids 12 & under)
Food catered by Palm Hawaiian BBQ
Appetizers, Salad & Rolls
BBQ Chicken, BBQ Beef, Kalua Pork, Mahi Mahi (Breaded)
Steamed White Rice and homemade desserts

NO HOST BAR

Guests and family members welcome!
RSVP required! (by DEC.7)

Windansea contest at Shores

Here are some of the surf team members that made it to the finals!

Peter Charleton, Mary Mulshine, Carla Verbrugghen, Lorraine Schmalenberger, Monica DeLeon, and Jeremy Bjork. Actual results of how they placed will be updated soon. Thanks to all those that competed and showed up on the day of to show their support!

Get ready for Church everyone, it's coming soon!!

Church is calling!

The Reef is right today

Need i say more?

A brisk AM in Cardiff

I was checking out Pipes this morning thinking it's probably a good day to go into work early since i have a lot of work to do and the waves were looking a little weak. Then i talked to my friend who i saw driving south bound and he told me to meet him up where he was (i'm not telling you where but you may figure it out from the pictures). As it turns out i didn't get to work early after seeing these waves. A brisk offshore wind was blowing so it was a good morning for the hoodie with the 4/3. You guys missed out!!

Fun surf hits the Shores

Finally we surfers of the Shores got some fun surf over the last week. Long over due and maybe even over crowded but i'm happy to see the hole wake up and produce it's nice lined up rights for a change. Watching Tom Ortner do what he does is always something special and i'm sure i'm not the only one that feels that way. Cheers!

It's time to go to CHURCH!

Doheny Longboard Surfing Association
Gathering of the Tribes
January 9th and 10th 2009
San Onofre State Beach at Church

The first paid teams by December 20th will compete in the 1st Coalition contest of the 2010 season. San Clemente has two State Parks to stay at. There are several hotels with reasonable rates at the south end of town in San Clemente. Parking will be on old PCH at Basilone Road. A shuttle will be running for your gear and boards both days. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for all contestants. Food and beverage will be available for all. We will follow the Coalition guidelines for age categories. We hope to see you January 9th and 10th 2010 for this special event.

Entry fees for contest $80 for all contestants.
$50 for Contestants 14 and younger, and shortboarding. Presidents or an Officer of the club is free. Must prove you are the Pres. or Officer of your club.
Price break for those doing a second division, half of the lower priced division.
$80 X Contestant =________
$105 2 divisions X Contestant =__________”
$120 2 divisions X Contestant =__________
$50 x Contestant =________ = Total owed________

The date is set, the invitation is official and now it's time to start marking the X's on the calendar in anticipation for one of the most popular and coveted Coalition contests we attend. Jan 9th & 10th is the next "Gathering of Tribes" at Churchs hosted by Doheny Longboard Surfing Association. Please contact me (Matt Branco) asap with your committment. This contest is high in demand so you should move your feet quickly with getting your name on the roster and getting a check in my hands or the next appropriate person. Cheers!

Upcoming Windansea Coalition Surf Contest

It's that time again when Windansea surfclub holds their annual coalition contest at our beach La Jolla Shores. Hopefully we will get some good surf for this contest like last year. Contact me if you have any questions or want to enter this contest.

Cardiff Reef Oct 16, 09

Our official first decent sized NW swell to kick off the fall came in yesterday. If anyone had a chance to look at Swamis yesterday you'd know it was pretty epic all day long and super crowded. As far as this morning goes, clean conditions with the tide being a little on the fat side. Still some fun sets coming in solid head high lining up with soft shoulders. I didn't really have enough time this morning to paddle out so i took some pictures. Enjoy.

New Oldenburg Pintail Noserider

The story goes, i got this board from a trade i did with my friend Gino. I'm a big fan of pin tail surfboards and longboards and this one is pretty sweet. Josh Oldenburg is an up and coming shaper in San Diego and has some sick boards that he's making. He nailed this one on the head for sure. Noserides high and stable, turns sweet and trims okay. It would trim better with less concave but i like the blended concave for lift and stability on the nose. Good job Josh!

Pipes dawn patrol 10-13

For those that didn't think it was going to be good today, you missed out. Uncrowded, ESE wind lightly blowing on the fun lined up chest+ waves.

Swamis Contest Oct 10th & 11th

Here are some photos of the Swamis Contest that was held at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas. Surfers in photos range from Meatball, Chuck Norris and Limo Peter. Contest had playful knee to waist high waves and was fun overall.

Early morning Shores Crew

There are some early risers that frequent the Shores on the weekends, i.e. Damon and friends

A couple images of myself surfing the Shores

These pictures were taken by Bill Andrews from http://www.adaywithba.com/

a blog to kick things off

Since i'm new to the blogging world i thought i should kick it off with some pictures of the past till i get some fresher ones from the present. Here are some previous contest pictures of the La Jolla Shores Surfing Assoc crew at the Malibu "Call to the Wall" contest 2008.